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We're counting down to the release of F Deluxe's album, "Gaslight". Check out this exclusive first track off of the album!

This 1966 recording is a cover of the classic 60s garage rock song usually performed by the American Breed. This version features an all-female lineup and sudden bursts of feedback cut right into the tape. Hmm... do I hear the beginning of noise rock?

Great music from the Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme, REKS.  Do yourself a favor and peep the debut, if you haven't already.

In this song, The Heavy take a Clarence Reid sample and turn it into something equally funky, yet completely different. It's a sizzling soul number with enough "oomph" to get even the squarest of square up and bumpin'.

I've had this song stuck in my head all day. It's those vocals. They grow from soft and melodious to harsh and biting in seconds. I can't get enough of it and have been anxiously awaiting their upcoming album.

Great stuff off of the Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music) collabo between Mishka NYC and the homie, Stalley.

This Philadelphia 7-peice is known for their bright colors, face paint, and catchy melodies. However they solemn up in this gem off of their self-titled album, complete with Eleanor Rigby-esque strings.

This dreamy, shoegaze-inspired track reminds me of lounging in the sun, wading through the ocean, or spending the day at the local amusement park. The floating vocals and surf guitars provide for the perfect summer soundtrack.

From the Coltrane stable, and by way of Impulse!, comes Pharoah Sanders' 1971 masterpiece, Thembi.  Presented is the opening cut off that album titled "Astral Travelling."  Enjoy.

A piece dedicated to his daughter, "infant Eyes" probably ranks in my top ten compositions of all time.  This cut is taken from his Speak No Evil album. 

A session made in heaven; 1963 saw the release of Ella & Basie - a collaboration between two of the greatest to ever swing it.  Basie's orchestra is the perfect compliment to Ella's vocals, and Quincy Jones' arrangement is simply marvelous.

This is a rare one for fans of The Roots. This a remake of Bobby Hutcherson's "Montara". From the Blue Note compilation "The New Groove: The Blue Note Remix Project, Vol. 1".

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Way before the acting career and make-up ads, Quenn Latifa was killing it in the hip-hop world. The horns on this track are what makes it.

You can never go wrong with dope MCs and a Donald Byrd sample.

Who's got the jazz? They do. Sampling Lucky Thompson's "Green Dolphin Street". From the classic album "The Low End Theory".

Can music really be split into genres based on beat, instruments, feel, content, etc.?  Is that really how it's suppose to be?  With the West's infatuation with boxing everything seperately by terms and definitions, it often seems so as non creators continue to rush to put a stamp on art.  Gil, on his 1981 album, Reflections, posed this very question about "Free Form" with the presented …

Classic Hip-Hop from Main Source. Sampling Lou Donaldson's "Pot Belly". From thier 1991 album "Breaking Atoms"

Straight outa Jersey! First track off of YZ's first album, "Sons of the Father". (1990)

"chillin, killin like a villain, the meaning of RAW is Ready And Willing"

"When it comes to days like this," I sit back, light some incense and chill with Native Tongues as my backdrop.  Midnight Marauders.